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Old Tue Jan 07, 2014, 12:18am
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref View Post
What kind of foul do you assess for a non-basketball play, away from the ball, which involves physical contact during a live ball?
You know as well as anyone that unsportsmanlike conduct is a T whether the ball is live or not. The fact that it sometimes involves contact doesn't change the definition of unsportsmanlike conduct. It is still a T.

The presented play is not a hold, it is not a push, it is not any of the types of personal fouls as far as I can tell. Most "non-basketball" fouls involve types of contact that is normally defined as a common foul but is not a play on the ball. They are rarely unsportsmanlike, however.

I have no problem with someone calling a T for a player pulling another player's shoelace during a FT.
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